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PC market flat, as Surface becomes a top-5 computer brand in the US
Microsoft was the fifth-biggest PC maker in the US in the third quarter of this year, according to industry advisory firm Gartner.
The top spot in the US belongs to HP, with about 4.5 million machines sold, ahead of Dell at 3.8 million, Lenovo at 2.3 million, and Apple at 2 million. The gap between fourth and fifth is pretty big—Microsoft sold only 0.6 million Surface devices last quarter—but it suggests that Microsoft's PC division is heading in the right direction, with sales 1.9 percent higher than the same quarter last year. The company pushed down to sixth place was Acer.
The current quarter should be better still; the Surface Pro, Surface Laptop, and Surface Studio have all been given hardware refreshes which, when combined with the always-busy holiday season, should stimulate higher sales.
(Score: 1) by nitehawk214 on Monday October 15 2018, @02:13PM (1 child)
Most stock markets require X% growth per year or they consider the business failed, even if it is making money.
Of course, with the market saturation of PCs; they only way they can do it is by building in planned obsolescence or intentionally shoddy hardware.
"Don't you ever miss the days when you used to be nostalgic?" -Loiosh
(Score: 5, Funny) by Nerdfest on Monday October 15 2018, @03:02PM
Awwww, don't be mean to Microsoft. They don't do it intentionally, it's just the best they can do.